Add Edge TTS generic output module

config/modules/edgetts-generic.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Edge TTS generic output module for Speech Dispatcher.
+# It uses the edge-tts command-line client to synthesize speech
+# and the generic module to play the resulting audio.
+
+# Debug turns debugging on or off
+# See speechd.conf for information where debugging information is stored
+Debug 0
+
+GenericDefaultCharset "utf-8"
+
+GenericExecuteSynth \
+"printf %s \'$DATA\' >$TMPDIR/edge-tts.txt && edge-tts -f $TMPDIR/edge-tts.txt -v \'$VOICE\' --write-media $TMPDIR/edge-tts.mp3 && $PLAY_COMMAND $TMPDIR/edge-tts.mp3"
+
+GenericCmdDependency "edge-tts"
+GenericSoundIconFolder "/usr/share/sounds/sound-icons/"
+
+GenericLanguage "en-US" "en-US" "utf-8"
+GenericLanguage "hi-IN" "hi-IN" "utf-8"
+GenericLanguage "bn-IN" "bn-IN" "utf-8"
+GenericLanguage "gu-IN" "gu-IN" "utf-8"
+
+AddVoice "en-US" "MALE1" "en-US-AndrewNeural"
+AddVoice "en-US" "MALE2" "en-US-BrianNeural"
+AddVoice "en-US" "FEMALE1" "en-US-EmmaNeural"
+AddVoice "en-US" "FEMALE2" "en-US-AriaNeural"
+
+AddVoice "hi-IN" "MALE1" "hi-IN-MadhurNeural"
+AddVoice "hi-IN" "FEMALE1" "hi-IN-SwaraNeural"
+
+AddVoice "bn-IN" "MALE1" "bn-IN-PrabhatNeural"
+AddVoice "bn-IN" "FEMALE1" "bn-IN-TanishaaNeural"
+
+AddVoice "gu-IN" "MALE1" "gu-IN-NiranjanNeural"
+AddVoice "gu-IN" "FEMALE1" "gu-IN-DhwaniNeural"
+
+DefaultVoice "en-US-EmmaNeural"
+
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Jyatin Singh
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.

src/modules/generic.c

@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ void _generic_child(TModuleDoublePipe dpipe, const size_t maxlen)
 					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 				} else if (pid == 0) {
 					// child, execute command
-					ret = execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", command, (char *) NULL);
+					ret = execl("/bin/bash", "bash", "-c", command, (char *) NULL);
 					// catch missing sh
 					DBG("Missing /bin/sh? (ret=%d error=%d) %s", ret, errno, strerror(errno));
 					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);